Edging.



No. 839,528.. PATENTED DEG. 25, 1906.

J. P. WEIS. BDGING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1905.

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UNITED sTATnYs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. VEIS, OF NYACK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO METROPOLITAN SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, RATION OF NEV YORK.

OF NYACK, NEW YORK, A CORPO- EDGING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1 906.

Application filed March 29,1905. Serial Nn. 252,613.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. VEIs, a citizen of the United States, residing in Nyack, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Edging, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to an edging, selvage, or seam for sewed articles, and has special reference to such seams as aremade over the edge or edges of pieces of fabric and to selvages or edgings which are formed on or applied to the material close to its edge.

An object of this invention is to produce a selvage or finish on the edge of fabric or a seam for sewed articles constituting a selvage or finish or edging for said article.

Another object of this invention is to utilize a chain overedge stitch for producing an ornamental finish, selvage edge, or binding for fabrics.

Another object of this invention is to produce an ornamental, neat, and attractive edging, binding, or finish for fabrics.

The accompanying drawings form a part of the following description and illustrate a mode contemplated by me for attaining the objects above suggested.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of two pieces of fabric superimposed and showing the manner in which the same may be secured together and their edges bound, finished, or provided with an artificial selvage. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan showing the appearance of the overedge stitching on the reverse side of the work, this view showing only one piece of fabric, but the edging or selvage being the same as in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of Fig. .2.

The numeral l indicates the fabric, which may be one or several pieces, and if the latter they will be superimposed, as shown in Fig. l, and the selvage, edging, finish, or binding placed thereon in the same manner as upon the edge of a single piece of fabric or work. 2 indicates the first or main thread, 3 the overlying locking-thread, 4. and 5 fillingthreads, and 6 an ornamental thread.

The main thread is passed down through the fabric in loop form, thus making the main loop 2a, which is carried across the reverse of the fabric to the edge thereof and is disposed thereat so as to extend partially or wholly across said edge, as may be desired. At this point a loop 3a of the overlying lockg ing-thread is passed through the loop 2a, i transversely oblique over the top, face, or obverse of the fabric or work into position to be, and is in turn, entered by a succeeding main loop 2, this said main loo being carried in turn down through anc across the bottom or reverse of the fabric or work to the edge thereof, where it in turn is entered by a succeeding loop of the locking-thread 3, which loop in turn is enteredlby a third loop of the main thread, and so on, as clearly shown in the drawings. This manipulation of the two threads produces a line of straight stitching of the main thread 2 at a distance back of the edge of the work on the obverse thereof, and a line of zigzag stitching on the reverse of the work, and a series of loops of the locking-thread 3 on the obverse of the work, obliquely and reversely laid, the neck of one loop .being at the lobe of another. Obviously, according to the tension applied to the locking-thread 3, the interlocking loops of said thread and of the main thread 2 can be caused to lie or can be disposed at any point desired between the obverse and reverse of the work or fabric. As the threads of this overedge or binding stitch are concatenated as described, the filling-threads 4 and 5 are laid in as shown in Fig. l said threads being alternately raised and lowered reversely to each other, so that as an overlying loop 3a of the locking-thread is passed over the obverse of the work one of these filling-threads 4 will pass over the loop 3 and the other of said filling-threads 5 will pass under the loop 3, thus intertwining or interlacing the iilling-threads with the locking-loops as a whole. As many of these filling-threads can be laid in as is desired, according to the effect to be produced-that is to say, if it is desired to make a very stiff, substantial, and heavy selvage or finish-the filling-threads can be laid in compactly or close together between the two extremes or outlines of the overedge stitch. Otherwise one, two, or more threads may be laid in and intertwined, as shown in Fig. l, according to the effect desired. Further1nore,to enhance the ornamental effect of the work or selvage edge an ornamental thread 6 can belaid in around the loops 2a of the main thread, at the neck thereof, on the obverse of the work and alternately therewith around the ends of the loops 3;L of the locking-thread, the same thus passing IOO in succession'iirst around the two strands of a loop 2a, below a loop 3a, then around the end of the loop 3a, and then around the two strands of a loop 2a, as before, and so on, al-

5 ways on the obverse of the Work. This disposition of the ornamental thread produces in alternation a small loop and then a large loop, the former passing around one side of a loop 2a, under a loop 3a, and the latter passing around the end of a succeeding and adjacent loop 3a. After the desired extent of work has been finished, as just described, the lling-threads 4 and 5 can be passed through the last`locking-loopl of the series and laid under adjacent strands thereof in order to hold the same tightly in place.

An edging or selvage thus produced is not only ornamental but is quite effective as a nish or binding for the edges of fabrics which are likely to fray and run, and also produces a very substantial wearing edge for such fabrics as are delicate or which are very elastic and are in consequence likely to be either torn, stretched, or distorted or quickly Worn at their edges. The filling-threads lend strength, body, and substance to the edge of such fabrics and producea substantial and ornament al finish or binding, equivalent to a heavy braid which is now universally used for such purposes. according to the number of iilling-threads used, the edge will be more or less stiff, strong, and durable, but always being very flexible, pliable, and soft. The edging produced as described has been found to be vquite durable and strengthens the fabric materially, preventing it from being torn or distorted. Obviously, according to the tension on either or both of the main andlocking threads, the filling-threads will be held proportionately tight-that is to say, under the ordinary tensions the filling-threads by being intertwined, as described and shown, cannot be easily withdrawn or pulled out because of the grip on the saine by the locking-loops and the grip of the same on the locking-loops-and this grip can be more or less increased according to the tension applied both or either to the main thread or the locking-thread, which obviously will cause the loops of said threads to engage and hold the edge of the work with more or less tension, and consequently bind and hold the filling-threads with moreV or less friction in place against locking-loops and the fabric body. The thread 6 adds appearance to the Obviously,

edging, gives an ornamental finish, and also has the effect of stiffening the edge at the inner extreme, and in consequence giving body thereto, because it holds ltne locking loops at their endsin place, takes up the slack of the main thread-stitching and the locking-loops, and brings the adjacent portions of the main and locking threads into close and compact relation.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- V ent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, an edging for fabrics composed of overedge stitches, the locking-loops of which lie upon one surface of the fabric, and one or more fillingthreads intertwined with said locking-loops upon said surface of the fabric, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, an edging composed of a plurality of threads concatenated to form overedge stitches the lockingloops of which lie upon one surface of the fabric, one or more filling-threads intertwined with said locking-loops on said surface of the fabric, and an ornamental thread laid alternately around bights of the loops of said locking-thread and strands of the loops of another thread of said stitches on the said surface of the fabric.

8. A seam for sewedarticles comprising the fabric and a plurality of threads, said seam being characterized by having a straight I line of stitching on the obverse of the fabric, a series of locking-loops also on the obverse of the fabric, and a series of filling-threads intertwined with the locking-loops on the JOHN P. WEIS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. MCC. CHAPMAN, M. HERsKovrrz.

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